1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

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1976 United States House election in Nevada

November 2, 1976

Nominee Jim Santini Walden Charles Earhart Janine M. Hansen Party Democratic Republican Independent American Popular vote 153,996 24,124 12,038 Percentage 77.05% 12.07% 6.02%

County results Santini:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Representative At-large before election James David Santini Democratic Elected Representative At-large James David Santini Democratic

The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1976.

Incumbent Democrat James David Santini won re-election by a landslide margin of 64.98% over Republican nominee Walden Charles Earhart and Independent American, Janine M. Hansen.

Republican primary

• Walden Charles Earhart
• Anthony Dart

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	None of These Candidates	16,097	47.31
	Republican	Walden Charles Earhart	9,831	28.89
	Republican	Anthony Dart	8,097	23.80
Total votes			34,025	100.00

General Election

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James David Santini	153,996	77.05%
	Republican	Walden Charles Earhart	24,124	12.07%
	Independent American	Janine M. Hansen	12,038	6.02%
	Independent	None of These Candidates	6,880	3.44%
	Libertarian	Jim Burns	2,825	1.41%
Total votes			167,966	100.00%
	Democratic hold